--- title: גִּלְעָד — Gilead · The Tanakh dictionary description: גִּלְעָד (1568), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 102 times: Gilead. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1568/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. of mountain-range or hill-country, land \& city, E. of Jordan (cf. Arabic جَلْعَدٌ durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGesch. Isr. 26 comp. same √ used of camel (جَلْعَادٌ camelus robustus ac firmus, cf. HomNS 144), whence camel hump, orig. name of mt)—ג׳ Gn 37:25 + 79 times (mostly as n.pr.m. and in combin. with other n.pr.loc. cf. infr.); הַגּ׳ Gn 31:21 + 50 times (so usually as name of mt. and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Nu 32:39 1 Ch 27:21; הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2 S 24:6;—Gilead, used of territory between the Arnon and the Jabboḳ, mod. Belḳa; also of that between the Jabboḳ and the Jarmuk, mod. Jebel Ajlûn; also of the entire E.-Jordan land occupied by Israel, including both the parts just named (cf. Di Gn 31:54 Stu Ju 10:4; BdPal. 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880);— territory S. of Jabboḳ, אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Nu 32:29 (P), אֶרֶץ ג׳ v1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so חֲצִי הַר הַגּ׳ Dt 3:12; אֶרֶץ ג׳ also 1 Ch 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 K 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); cf. אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג׳ 1 S 13:7; further, הַגּ׳ alone, Ju 10:17 (or possibly here name of city?), 11:29 (prob.); also 1 Ch 5:10 (of Reuben) v 16 (of Gad); cf. חֲצִי הַגּ׳ וְעַד יַבֹּק Jos 12:2 (of Sihon), so v 5 (both D); similarly ג׳ alone (without art.) in poet. ψ 60:9 (‖ Manasseh) = 108:9; but also in prose in phrases שָׂרֵי ג׳ Ju 10:18, ישְׁבֵי ג׳ v 18 11:8, זִקְנֵי ג׳ Ju 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Ju 12:4(×2), 5; cf. also עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Nu 32:26 (JE; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah’s burial-place Ju 12:7; even כָּל־עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Jos 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, of particular cities, especially רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Dt 4:43 (of Gad); cf. רָאמוֹת בַּגּ׳ Jos 20:8 (P), 1 Ch 6:65 (of Gad), and רָמֹת בַּגּ׳ Jos 21:38 (P); usually רָמֹת ג׳ 1 K 4:13; 22:3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 20, 29 = 2 Ch 18:2, 3, 5, 11, 14, 19, 28; 2 K 8:28; 9:1, 4, 14 2 Ch 22:5; also מִצְפֵּה ג׳ Ju 11:29(×2); further יַעְזֵיר ג׳ 1 Ch 26:31. Northern Gilead, אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Jos 17:5, 6 (JE; of Manasseh) cf. Ju 10:4 1 Ch 2:22 (both of Jair); הַר הַגּ׳ Gn 31:21, 23, 25 (E); prob. also הַר ג׳ (no art.) Ct 4:1 (cf. 6:5 infr.). הַגּ׳ alone Nu 32:40 (JE; of Machir) Jos 17:1 (JE; id.) cf. 13:11 (D) Dt 2:36 1 K 4:13 (of Jair); Dt 3:15, 16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); prob. also Ct 6:5 (cf. 4:1 supr.); cf. יֶתֶר הַגּ׳ Dt 3:13; \& חֲצִי הַגּ׳ Jos 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2 S 24:6 (prob.); cf. also ג׳ (no art.) prob. Je 8:22; 46:11 (in both ref. to צֳרִי balm, prob. from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1 Ch 27:21, also Nu 32:39 (JE; of Machir). in combination יָבֵשׁ ג׳ (city) Ju 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14 1 S 11:1, 9 (‖ יָבֵשׁ alone) 31:11 (‖ id.) = 1 Ch 10:11 2 S 2:4, 5; 21:12; perhaps also (מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג׳ 1 K 17:1 (emend., after 𝔊, Ew Th al. see VB);—cf. further sub 6. n.pr.m. infr.—Ju 7:3 וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגּ׳ and let him depart from Mt. Gilead, appar. belongs here, but מֵהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ is read by Cler Hi Gr Ke Be; against this cf. Stu BuRS 112. more generally, of all Gilead, אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Jos 22:9, 13, 15, 32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opp. land of Canaan); cf. 2 S 17:26; so כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 2 K 10:33. אֶרֶץ ג׳ (no art.) Zc 10:10; cf. הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג׳ Je 50:19 (‖ Carmel and Bashan); ג׳ alone, also Gn 37:25; likewise Mi 7:14 (‖ Carmel \& Bashan, reference to fertility). הַגּ׳ alone, of Isr. territ. in gen. E. of Jordan, Ju 10:8; cf. 2 S 2:9 2 K 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); כָּל־הַגּ׳ Dt 3:10; אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגּ׳ Dt 34:1; הַגּ׳ also in general sense Ez 47:18 2 K 15:29(?) Ob 19. ג׳, name of a city Ho 6:8 (\& Ju 10:17? cf. 1 a. supr.);—on the ruined cities Jilʿâd, Jilʿaud on the Jebel Jilʿâd, N. of Es-Salṭ, and S. of Jabboḳ v. Di Gn 31:54 \& reff. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ of Israelites living E. of Jordan (as a whole) Ju 20:1; הַגּ׳ of people of Gilead Am 1:3, 13; so ג׳ Ju 5:17 (= גַּד), 12:4, 5 (‖ אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ v 4(×2), 5) Ho 12:12. Cf. also גִּלְעָדִי infr. treated as n.pr.m. ג׳, son of Machir \& grandson of Manasseh Nu 26:29(×2), 30; 27:1; 36:1 Jos 17:3 (all P) 1 Ch 2:21, 23; 7:14, 17; once הַגּ׳ Jos 17:1 (JE) cf. Di;—ref. in all these to Northern Gilead. father of Jephthah Ju 11:1, 2;—ref. to Gad (cf. supr. especially sub 5). 1 Ch 5:14 (a Gadite). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 92 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גִּלְעָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1568/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Deuteronomy 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.15/) וּלְמָכִ֖יר נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ *Word for word:* and to Makir I.gave (et) (the) Gilead *JPS 1917:* And I gave Gilead unto Machir. [Hosea 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.8/) גִּלְעָ֕ד קִרְיַ֖ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם׃ *Word for word:* Gilead \[is\].a.town of.\[those.who\].do (of).wickedness tracked from blood *JPS 1917:* Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood. - ← previous: [גַּלְעֵד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1567.md) - next →: [גִּלְעָדִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1569.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-3.md)